St. Anna parish belongs to Preobrazhenskaya bishopric with the center in Novosibirsk. In Yekaterinburg there is the center of Urals Deanery, which unites Catholic churches on the territory of Urals region and includes Chelyabinsk, Nizhni-Tagil, Krasnoturyinsk, and Severouralsk parishes. Three monastic orders work on the territory of Urals Deanery: Congregation of Sisters – Missionaries of Catholic Apostolate (founded by Vincent Pallotti) in Yekaterinburg, brothers and sisters of Congregation of St. Vincent de Pol in Nizhni Tagil, Sisters – Servants of Jesus in Eucharist in Chelyabinsk.

On Febuary 2nd , 1999 "in order to revive pastor activities and improve church structures" bishop Josef Vert issued a decree on establishing the following decanates: